Meaning

noun the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner

noun the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously

noun an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities

originEtymology tree English brutalize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English brutalization From brutalize + -ation.

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